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Most in US won't be able to escape 'fiscal cliff'

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 13th

By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABERAP Economics Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Everyone who pays income tax - and some who don't -will feel it. So will doctors who accept Medicare, people who get unemployment aid, defense contractors, air traffic controllers, national park rangers and companies that do

What's in US fiscal cliff and who'd pay how much

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 13th

By The Associated Press American consumers and businesses will pay much higher taxes next year if a package of tax increases and spending cuts known as the "fiscal cliff" takes effect as scheduled Jan. 1. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office says the measures would push the economy into

The empty chair at Colombia's peace talks

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 13th

By FRANK BAJAKAssociated Press BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) - There will be an empty seat at the negotiating table when Colombians plunge into talks next week on ending a conflict that has bled the South American nation for a half century. It's reserved for a 62-year-old economist, a senator's

House leader heard of Petraeus affair Oct. 27

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 12th

By LARRY MARGASAKAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - An aide to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor says the Virginia congressman first heard about CIA Director David Petraeus' extramarital affair on Saturday, Oct. 27, from an FBI source he didn't know. Communications director Rory Cooper

Petraeus said to be shocked by girlfriend's emails

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 12th

By KIMBERLY DOZIER and PETE YOSTAssociated Press TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - CIA Director David Petraeus was shocked to learn last summer that his mistress was suspected of sending threatening emails warning another woman to stay away from him, former staff members and friends told The Associated Press

Petraeus said to be shocked by girlfriend's emails

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 12th

Hundreds honor 2 Atlanta officers killed in crash

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 10th

ATLANTA (AP) - Hundreds of law enforcement officers are honoring two Atlanta police officers killed when their helicopter crashed during a nighttime search for a missing boy. Officers Richard J. Halford and Shawn A. Smiley died in Saturday night's crash of their OH-6A helicopter in an Atlanta

Husband held in killing of Iraqi-American woman

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 9th

By ELLIOT SPAGATAssociated Press EL CAJON, Calif. (AP) - The husband of an Iraqi-American woman whose beating death initially appeared to be a hate crime was arrested on suspicion of murder in what police described Friday as an act of domestic violence. The killing of 32-year-old Shaima Alawadi

Court will decide on collection of DNA samples

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 9th

By JESSE J. HOLLANDAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court announced Friday that it will decide whether it's legal for police to collect DNA samples from people under arrest, a case that could have nationwide implications on the question of privacy versus public safety. The

Texas trucker could be freed from Mexican prison

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 9th

EL PASO, Texas (AP) - A Dallas truck driver who says he made a wrong turn into Mexico with a trailer full of ammunition may soon be released from a Mexican prison after paying a fine. A federal judge overseeing the case of Jabin Bogan told The El Paso Times that the trucker can go free after he